Guatemalan presidential election, 1916

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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 17 January 1916. For the second successive election, Manuel Estrada Cabrera was re-elected unopposed.^[1]^[2] Despite there only being one candidate, voters were rounded up by the military and taken to polling stations, where they could only vote for Cabrera.^[3] Cabrera assumed the presidency on 15 March 1911.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Manuel Estrada Cabrera	Liberal Party	551,145	100
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		551,145	100
Source: Information Annual, 1916

References

↑ Calvert, Peter (1985) Guatemala : a nation in turmoil Boulder: Westview Pres p69
↑ Information Annual, 1916: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 1917, p297
↑ Munro, Dana G (1967) The five republics of Central America New York: Russell & Russell, pp55-56

Bibliography

Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
González Davison, Fernando. El régimen Liberal en Guatemala (1871–1944). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 1987.
Dosal, Paul J. Power in transition: the rise of Guatemala’s industrial oligarchy, 1871-1994. Westport: Praeger. 1995.
Holden, Robert H. Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Taracena Arriola, Arturo. “Liberalismo y poder político en Centroamérica (1870-1929).” Historia general de Centroamérica . 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume 4.
Calvert, Peter. Guatemala : a nation in turmoil. Boulder: Westview Press. 1985.
Rendón, Catherine. “El gobierno de Manuel Estrada Cabrera.” Historia general de Guatemala. 1993-1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5. 1996.

Elections and referendums in Guatemala

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Parliamentary elections	1873 1880 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1931 1935 1944 (Oct) 1944 (Nov) 1944 (Dec) 1947 1948 1950 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1961 1964 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1984 1985 1990 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1935 1954 1994 1999

See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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